Llamas are the least obnoxious of the group that are domesticated.

(BTW, just to clarify… I hear a lot of people (who think they know) calling Alpaca’s (and other Camelids) *guard animals*! They are NOT! They are very inquisitive and always worried about the security of the herd. If an alpaca see’s a fox, or something unusual, they will call to the herd and go investigate. This will usually prompt the fox to get lost fast.) 😉 😆

Alpacas? The TSA needs llamas. No, really. Once when I was at Houston Zoo with a girlfriend back in my college days, a llama in the children’s petting zoo undertook to snap my friend’s bra strap through her blouse! We watched the Lecherous Llama for a good half hour as s/he went from one human woman to another, attempting to snap their bras. I wonder who taught the llama to do that, and whether that person was still employed by Houston Zoo when they found out.

You see it all the time around here – people plant trees over water and sewer lines, or near the power lines, and are shocked when the trees grow and take out the utilities. Others plant them too near their house and have to deal with cracked foundations from the roots.

The sewer pipe isn’t expensive, but you would think they were mining opals when you discover what it costs to dig up the old one and bury the new one.

We had the side fence replaced a month ago, should have happened a year ago, but the neighbor kept delaying, and delaying… she had a row of trees along the fence line, they had swelled and grown, and the roots were lifting and pushing the old (rotted) wooden fence down. So we finally *spat the dummy* and it was finally done, and the troublesome trees were uprooted and removed.

Now we discover that the tree roots had damaged the sewage pipe that runs along that side of the house and it’s now blocked. The Plumber said that it all needs to be replaced. Ya just can’t win. *shrug*

At least the Alpacalypse will be warm and soft! 😈 😀